The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-01-13

vided between the JouRSAL and r
: publican.
Judge Kinds granted the injun'
ton applied for by the Street c.
q Company, to restrain the city frOI
collecting q tax Of SIS per ear per 81
. mum under existing ordinances.
The Solomon City Sentinel says;
Misses Nellie DeWar and Edith Co
Inns, Ed. Collins and Jesse Scarf VIII
| spent the holidays az home. returnel
Monday TO attend the sessions Of th
Wesleyan College At Salina.
: lin boring for coal our contractor
with the city succeed In striking I
good article Of gas or artesian wei
water. people Of Salina would b
nearly rs happy ~ II coal was diseov
cred.
II IL safely claimed that Sallna has
the handsomest Odd Fellows temple
IN the state. Perhaps Il II can be just
as safely said that 1t IL the hand
soonest temple Of any secret order in
the state.
The police force Of the city should
be strengthened. There are too
many cases Of house breaking
on hand. The present force IL alto
gether too Inadequate for so large n
place as Sallna.
The Putnam horse was rsffied
Thursday evening. No. 1856 was the
lucky number-held by Mr.. Alexan-
der, the gentleman who has put up
the new building adjoining the Tag
CART bank building.
The experience Of the Jackson FIRE
with bursting water hose should be a
lesson for the future, and such acct
dents carefully guarded against. Had
Il not been the stillest OF nights, q
most disastrous eOnflagration would
have unavoidably ensued.
The night OF the fire, some party in
the excitement OF the moment jerked
and jerked away at the rope Of the
flag staff, surprising he had hold Of
the rope to the fire bell. The eOBse-
quence Of 80 much jerking was to
bring down the Flagstaff itself.
The dispatches inform us Of the
confirmation by the Senate OF the
appOintments,O of DIR. Scarf as Receiver
and 5. NJ. Palmer as Register Of the
Salina L. 5. Land Office. Good for
four years, unless removed by 4 Re
publican President "for cause"
The WaKeeney World is authority
for the statement that Congressman.
elect Turner is in favor Of the re-
moval Of the Salina land office To
Hays City, aud the WaKeeney Office
10 Wallace, and that that gentleman
will work assiduously for this end.
There is some talk that the regular
passenger train from Salina west on
the Missouri Pacific will be disconiin-
ued for the winter by reason Of lack
Of patronage. In which case, those
making trips west will have to wTestle
with the accommodation or mixed
train.
Mr.. Alex NJ. CamPbell's commits
sion IA postmaster expires next Sun
day. Sunday being "a day OF resi-"
Campbell concludes he will not turn
over the post Office bag aud baggage
that day at least. He don't make
any calculations as to what he will
do the following day.
The Abilene Gazette, Saturday
morning, said:
Tie mother superior, from COncOr-
dis, arrived on yesterday afternoons
train to locate the site for the Cathu- /
lie academy, To- be erected Ia this city
during the coming summer. she u
stopping at the residence Of r. J. Der
~, of this city.
1t is whispered that the present
opera house is insufficient for the
growing demands Of our progressive
city. and that new building il on
foot. We would suggest that by
few changes aud no great outlay OF
money, the present opera house can
be remodled - as to be made more
comfortable and luxurious.
The matter Of submitting a propO-
sition to the voters Of Liberty town
ship, 10 vote bonds to the proposed
road from Gypsum City to Lindsborg,
was finally decided Monday. An
election was called for the 18th Of
February. There were upon the petit
ions So legal names, and only 40
petitioners were netd,d FOR the call.
The Abilene Gazette says:
The Santa Fe surveyors were in she
city yesterday, making the perma.
nent survey. The road runs Just
north OF the Cottage House across one
corner Of the court house grounds,
and then down Texas street, passing
diagonally through the city to the
southwest The Santa Fe and the u.
p. run parallel through the city and
some distance beyond.
There was quite a little strife
among representatives Of bridge COM
panies last week before the county
commissioners. Eleven representa-
tivcs were present. The contract Of
bridging the Smoky north and east OF
Riverside Addition, was let to the
Missouri Valley Bridge Co. for 81. 400
This bid does not include the ap-
prOaches.
Thursday afternoon, between the
hours Of and O'Clock, while Joe.
Gornick (Mr. W. X. Gels hired man
was gathering corn fodder, some party
broke into the little house west Of
Mr. Gels stable, where Joe lodged.
craWled through the west window
and stole q pocket book containing
about 81 10 money, two penknives,
and pipe
The Gypsum Echo Of this week
contains the following:
With the first Of the year the name
Of our post Office Is changed from
Piiny 10 Gypsum, leaving the "City"
of. which does not make Il any better
than Il was before.
DfFD.-Dr. William N ashburu. on